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1485953

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date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 11723 on Network Rail: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on passenger safety of decisions relating to the Control Period 7 budget for Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	30049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The budget for Control Period 7 is set through the Periodic Review Process, which culminates in the publication of the High-Level Output Specification (HLOS) and Statement of Funds Available (SoFA), which Government is required to produce by 28th October. These documents are developed following close discussion with Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road to ensure all potential impacts are assessed, including on safety, which remains a top priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/07/2022 16:30:25 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485960

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of wheelchair accessibility in sports grounds; and whether her Department has plans to improve disabled access to sports facilities.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	30206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises there are barriers which exist and prevent some people from participating in sport and physical activity, including access to sports grounds and facilities. We want to remain at the forefront of equality and continue to do all that we can to tackle these.</p><p>We work closely with our arm’s length bodies, Sport England and UK Sport, and sector partners to encourage sport bodies to make sport and facilities more accessible. Sport England is developing a new plan called ‘Accessible and Inclusive Sports Facilities’ that will be published this year.</p><p>The Government expects all sports and all clubs to take the necessary action to fulfil their legal obligation under the Equality Act of 2010 to make reasonable adjustments so that disabled people are not placed at a substantial disadvantage when accessing sports venues. With the support of Level Playing Field, the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) developed the Accessible Stadia document and Accessible Stadia Supplementary Guidance as a benchmark of good practice for new and existing sports grounds. It offers practical, clear solutions that will help deliver high-quality grounds with facilities and services that are accessible, inclusive and welcoming for all.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/07/2022 10:05:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1485966

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role of community energy in reducing household energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	29988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government encourages community energy groups to work closely with local authorities to support the development of UK-wide growth funding schemes. The Government is working with the sector to deliver a programme which will support local authorities develop community-led energy groups and projects. The Government has provided £10m funding to community energy groups through the Rural Community Energy Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the role of community energy in reducing household energy bills.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 29989 question first answered 12/07/2022 09:54:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1485988

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Forests: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to remove unsustainable legal deforestation from UK supply chains, as recommended by the Climate Change Committee in its most recent Progress Report to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	29946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is tackling unsustainable legal deforestation through two key initiatives:</p><ol><li>The UK and Indonesia co-chair the Forest Agricultural and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, working with 28 major producer and consumer governments of forest risk commodities to deliver a <a href="https://www.factdialogue.org/fact-roadmap" target="_blank">roadmap for action</a>, to protect forests and other ecosystems whilst promoting sustainable trade.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The UK and US are convening 13 of the world’s largest agri-commodity trader companies who have committed to <a href="https://ukcop26.org/agricultural-commodity-companies-corporate-statement-of-purpose/" target="_blank">developing a roadmap</a> for COP27. This roadmap focuses on accelerated supply chain action, to reduce emissions from land use change, and working with key stakeholders to address the root causes of deforestation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/07/2022 12:22:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1485989

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for local authorities seeking to reduce speeding to improve road safety.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	30094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. All available research shows a link between excessive speed and the risk of collisions.</p><p>We expect all drivers to observe the speed limit, and enforcement is a matter for the police. Policing of our roads, and how available resources are deployed, is the responsibility of individual chief officers, taking into account the specific local issues.</p><p>Responsibility for making decisions, and prioritising works, about the roads under their care rests with local traffic authorities based on their knowledge of local needs. This includes introducing measures to tackle dangerous roads and reduce speeding.</p><p>The Department for Transport provides guidance to support local councils on the implementation of various traffic management issues.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Transport provides funds directly to local authorities which may be used for road safety purposes.</p><p>This includes the £170 million the Department is providing in 22/23 to local highways authorities in England, outside London and City Region areas, through the Integrated Transport Block for small scale transport schemes, including road safety measures. The Integrated Transport Block is not ring-fenced, allowing authorities to spend their allocations according to their own priorities. It is therefore for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.</p><p>It also includes the £5.7 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) provide consolidated, long-term capital funding to improve the local transport networks of eight city regions across England through five-year settlements from 2022/23. This funding combines new and existing funds, including Highways Maintenance, Integrated Transport Block, Potholes fund and final year Transforming Cities Fund.</p><p>The Safer Roads Fund was established to treat the 50 highest risk local A road sections in England with remedial road safety engineering interventions. As a result, £100 million has been committed by the Department for Transport across 48 schemes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 30095 30096 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:58:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1485990

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage and support local authorities to introduce safety measures on dangerous roads proactively rather than retrospectively after multiple accidents.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	30095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. All available research shows a link between excessive speed and the risk of collisions.</p><p>We expect all drivers to observe the speed limit, and enforcement is a matter for the police. Policing of our roads, and how available resources are deployed, is the responsibility of individual chief officers, taking into account the specific local issues.</p><p>Responsibility for making decisions, and prioritising works, about the roads under their care rests with local traffic authorities based on their knowledge of local needs. This includes introducing measures to tackle dangerous roads and reduce speeding.</p><p>The Department for Transport provides guidance to support local councils on the implementation of various traffic management issues.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Transport provides funds directly to local authorities which may be used for road safety purposes.</p><p>This includes the £170 million the Department is providing in 22/23 to local highways authorities in England, outside London and City Region areas, through the Integrated Transport Block for small scale transport schemes, including road safety measures. The Integrated Transport Block is not ring-fenced, allowing authorities to spend their allocations according to their own priorities. It is therefore for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.</p><p>It also includes the £5.7 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) provide consolidated, long-term capital funding to improve the local transport networks of eight city regions across England through five-year settlements from 2022/23. This funding combines new and existing funds, including Highways Maintenance, Integrated Transport Block, Potholes fund and final year Transforming Cities Fund.</p><p>The Safer Roads Fund was established to treat the 50 highest risk local A road sections in England with remedial road safety engineering interventions. As a result, £100 million has been committed by the Department for Transport across 48 schemes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 30094 30096 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:58:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1485991

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have the funding required to introduce adequate road safety measures to reduce speeding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	30096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. All available research shows a link between excessive speed and the risk of collisions.</p><p>We expect all drivers to observe the speed limit, and enforcement is a matter for the police. Policing of our roads, and how available resources are deployed, is the responsibility of individual chief officers, taking into account the specific local issues.</p><p>Responsibility for making decisions, and prioritising works, about the roads under their care rests with local traffic authorities based on their knowledge of local needs. This includes introducing measures to tackle dangerous roads and reduce speeding.</p><p>The Department for Transport provides guidance to support local councils on the implementation of various traffic management issues.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Transport provides funds directly to local authorities which may be used for road safety purposes.</p><p>This includes the £170 million the Department is providing in 22/23 to local highways authorities in England, outside London and City Region areas, through the Integrated Transport Block for small scale transport schemes, including road safety measures. The Integrated Transport Block is not ring-fenced, allowing authorities to spend their allocations according to their own priorities. It is therefore for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.</p><p>It also includes the £5.7 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) provide consolidated, long-term capital funding to improve the local transport networks of eight city regions across England through five-year settlements from 2022/23. This funding combines new and existing funds, including Highways Maintenance, Integrated Transport Block, Potholes fund and final year Transforming Cities Fund.</p><p>The Safer Roads Fund was established to treat the 50 highest risk local A road sections in England with remedial road safety engineering interventions. As a result, £100 million has been committed by the Department for Transport across 48 schemes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 30094 30095 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:58:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1485992

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	29930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In Bournemouth East constituency, integrated multi-disciplinary teams across primary and secondary care are being developed, with contributions input from the voluntary community and social enterprise sector to enable access to evidence-based mental health interventions. We are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand and transform mental health services to enable a further two million people in England to access mental health support.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 12/07/2022 15:17:22 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1486004

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Old Saltleians RFC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in public funds has been paid by his Department to (a) Old Saltleians Rugby Football Club and (b) contractors carrying out construction and related work for the benefit of that club in each financial year from the start of 2017-18 to the end of 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In answer to the first part of the question, the release of this information would prejudice, or would be likely to prejudice, a commercial interest.</p><p>In answer to the second part of the question, the Department for Transport does not directly engage contractors for construction work on major capital programmes, as this activity rests with the arm’s length bodies responsible for project delivery. Accordingly, there were £nil payments from the Department to contractors carrying out construction and related work for the benefit of Old Saltleians Rugby Football Club between 2017-18 and 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/07/2022 09:12:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486032

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the potential change has been in the number of (a) people, (b) children and (c) pensioners living in absolute poverty since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	30183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2020/21, there were 1.2m fewer people, 200,000 fewer children and 400,000 fewer pensioners in absolute poverty (before housing costs) in the UK than in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>Latest statistics for the number of people, children and pensioners who are in absolute poverty in the UK can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2021" target="_blank">Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/07/2022 15:16:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden